Still Waters Posted June 25, 2021 #1 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Pigeon fanciers are trying to work out how around 5,000 birds have disappeared into a “Bermuda triangle” in a single race in what is being called one of the worst days ever for the sport. A race from Peterborough to the North East saw 9,000 pigeons taking part in what would normally be a three hour competition but more than half have yet to arrive. Atmospheric conditions are the only explanation that has been put forward so far. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/mystery-worst-day-pigeon-racing-24394685 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pigeon-racing-vanishing-mystery-b1872623.html 1 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bison Posted June 25, 2021 #2 Share Posted June 25, 2021 I checked the Space Weather website, a highly regarded source of information on the energetic interaction of the Sun and the Earth. Conditions were quiet and no unusual magnetic activity was noted which might explain the pigeons' plight. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the frog Posted June 29, 2021 #3 Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) Maybe they encountered a predator that scared them all over the place. Or the group windowed themselves on a skyscraper but in that case, people would have found them with so many missed... Edited June 29, 2021 by Jon the frog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seti42 Posted June 29, 2021 #4 Share Posted June 29, 2021 The bigger mystery, to me, is that pigeon racing is a thing that people are into. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumball Posted June 30, 2021 #5 Share Posted June 30, 2021 the doos and the don'ts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twin Posted July 3, 2021 #6 Share Posted July 3, 2021 What pigeons? BURRRRRRP, I didn't see no pigeons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted July 4, 2021 #7 Share Posted July 4, 2021 (edited) It has been theorized in the past by some scientists (google it if you care, I don't) that within the area known as the Bermuda Triangle there are vast amounts of methane gas under the surface...the theory is that from time to time these pockets of gas 'burp' a huge sudden amount of methane...very huge...to the point that the waves from that 'burp' could easily sink a large ship...huge enough that a plane flying through the methane cloud could be brought down. I don't know how. Google it if you care, I don't. And if you don't know how to google something, go to YouTube and watch a How to Google Stuff instructional video. I'm just the messenger of the theory. So, I suppose if birds happened to be flying though the methane cloud they would subsequently perish into the sea. Edited July 4, 2021 by joc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theotherguy Posted July 4, 2021 #8 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Have any of these pigeons shown up in the last week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted July 4, 2021 Author #9 Share Posted July 4, 2021 7 hours ago, theotherguy said: Have any of these pigeons shown up in the last week? According to the Daily Mail - Quote Two British racing pigeons thought to be from the missing group found in Ireland Woman saved one from a cat and another was found dead in a local's garden Many of the 250,000 birds released during races on June 19 are still missing https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9742081/Thousands-racing-pigeons-vanished-UK-start-turn-Ireland.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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